The Courier (2020)
Coming Out at March 19, 2021 in theaters
“Ironbark”
Thriller
The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. It primiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020.
At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions will release The Courier only in theaters on March 19th, 2021.
Director: Dominic Cooke
Writer: Tom O’Connor
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, James Schofield, Anton Lesser, Angus Wright, Miles Richardson
►Cast
| Vladimir Chuprikov | ► | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Merab Ninidze | ► | Oleg Penkovsky |
| James Schofield | ► | Cox |
| Fred Haig | ► | Lee |
| Emma Penzina | ► | Nina |
| Mariya Mironova | ► | Vera |
| Rachel Brosnahan | ► | Emily Donovan |
| Anton Lesser | ► | Bertrand |
| Angus Wright | ► | Dickie Franks |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | ► | Greville Wynne |
| David Bark-Jones | ► | Golf Exec |
| Charles Walters | ► | Illya – Russian agent |
| Miles Richardson | ► | Golf Exec |
| Keir Hills | ► | Andrew Wynne |
| Jessie Buckley | ► | Sheila |
| Kirill Pirogov | ► | Gribanov |
| Petr Klimes | ► | Popov |
| Benny Maslov | ► | Russian Interpreter |
| Harry Carr | ► | Young Bureaucrat |
| Rustam Khadzhiev | ► | Russian Trade Delegate |
| Yuri Klimov | ► | Russian Trade Delegate |
| Marian Lorencik | ► | Russian Trade Delegate |
| Dimitri Vorontsov | ► | Russian Trade Delegate |
| Jack Walters | ► | Russian Trade Delegate |
| Marián Chalany | ► | Penkovsky’s Driver |
| Alice Orr-Ewing | ► | Tamara |
| Oliver Johnstone | ► | Lovett |
| Andruscha Hilscher | ► | KGB Handler |
| Alexey Ponomarev | ► | Kremlin Deputy |
| Rostislav Shabalin | ► | Kremlin Deputy |
| Eysteinn Sigurðarson | ► | Curt |
| Jonathan Harden | ► | Leonard |
| Elina Alminas | ► | Doctor |
| Olga Koch | ► | Irina |
| Richard Glaves | ► | Howard |
| Laurel Lefkow | ► | Embassy Guest |
| Jed Aukin | ► | Embassy Guest |
| Ales Bílík | ► | Customs Officer |
| Andrey Kurganov | ► | Russian Plane Passenger |
| Ondrej Malý | ► | Mitrokhin |
| Alexander Kotjakov | ► | Cop on Plane |
| Zdenek Pecha | ► | Prison Orderly |
| Shenoah Allen | ► | News Caster |
| Alex Batareanu | ► | KGB Agent |
| Bern Collaço | ► | Sheremetyevo Airport Plane Passenger |
| Stuart Cooke | ► | Party Guest |
| Nick Davison | ► | Russian Pilot |
| Diane Halling | ► | McCone’s Secretary |
| Kate Handford | ► | US Embassy Assistant |
| Tomas Karel | ► | Russian Prison Guard |
| Denis Khoroshko | ► | |
| Sergei Lebedev | ► | Moscow Diner |
| Deano Mitchison | ► | Waiter |
| Richard Price | ► | Ivy Waiter |
| Pippa Rathborne | ► | Bertrand’s Secretary |
| Paul Riddell | ► | The Ivy Restaurant Concierge |
| Karina Salieva | ► | Penkovsky’s Secretary |
| Kemal Shah | ► | M16 Worker |
| Iva Sindelková | ► | Embassy Assistant |
| Arthur Wilde | ► | Waiter / Finnish Fisherman |
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